A short history

• In September 1993 the members of Shoreham Baptist Church set up a new fellowship which met at the Quayside Youth Centre, in North Southwick.
• Rev Bryan Pickard was appointed as part-time pastor in 1996.Towards the end of 1997, the lease of the former Congregational Church in Southwick was signed over to the newly named Southwick Christian Community Church.
• January 1998 heralded the first service in the refurbished building and by the end of that year Rev Lynda Hulcoop had been appointed as Associate Pastor.
• Two years later Rev Bryan Pickard was appointed as full time pastor and planning permission was obtained for the present building which opened in September 2003.
• The second phase of the building work will be to modernise the old church premises.

Follow this link to view our sister church website:
www.shorehambaptist.co.uk

• The one eternal God has revealed Himself through His creation and through the Scriptures. God inspired the whole of the New Testament and takes this as the final authority in all matters of faith and practice.
  

• The unity of God in three co-equal persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, having distinct functions but the same nature.  God is sovereign in all things Holy, Just and Loving.

• The Human race is created/made in the image of God but separated from God by sin. Our relationship with God can only be restored through faith in Jesus Christ and God’s grace.

• God so loved the world that He gave His only Son to be our true Saviour. God the Son became truly human as well as being truly God. God did this by causing His Son to be conceived in the womb of the Virgin Mary.

•  Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary, lived as a man but without sinning, died on the cross as a substitute for sinners by taking on himself God’s judgement for sin, was buried and His actual body came back to life after three days. He was taken up into heaven to intercede for the church and to receive the highest honour at the right hand of the Father.

• Jesus will return in glory to resurrect the dead, to lead the church to its reward and to bring judgement and eternal punishment on those who have rejected him. 

• The Holy Spirit makes us aware of our need of the Saviour, Jesus, when we accept him as Lord and Saviour He enters our lives, giving us spiritual birth and the spiritual ability to live the Christian life.

• In accepting Jesus as Lord and Saviour it is necessary to repent from sin and accept forgiveness and cleansing faith, through His atoning work on the cross.

• Our purpose on earth is to glorify God the Father through His son Jesus Christ by putting our trust in Him and living in the power of God’s Spirit.

• The Holy Spirit gives us assurance of our salvation and shows Himself by giving any Christian gifts to encourage and build up the congregation or to minister to their spiritual and physical needs.  These gifts being received through the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.

• Jesus is the head of the church as a whole and is glorified when groups of Christians worship together, accept each other and are committed to each other under the leadership of a local church and in fellowship with other groups of Christians.

• Although we are engaged in spiritual warfare and temptation, we are assured of victory through Jesus Christ.

• All Christians should be baptised by immersion as a sign of commitment and obedience to Jesus’ commands for His disciples.

• Regular sharing of the Lord’s Supper/Holy Communion as a remembrance and as an outward and visible sign of an inward spiritual blessing.